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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Bertrand du Guesclin

1320 - 1380

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Bertrand du Guesclin (Breton: Beltram Gwesklin; c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. From 1370 to his death, he was Constable of France for King Charles V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bertrand du Guesclin has received more than 348,873 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Bertrand du Guesclin is the 217th most popular military personnel (up from 277th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from France (up from 817th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Military Personnel.

Bertrand du guesclin is most famous for his military conquests in France.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bertrand du Guesclin ranks 217 out of 1,468Before him are Alfred von Tirpitz, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Giovanni Giustiniani, Sun Ce, Date Masamune, and Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. After him are Pedro de Valdivia, Nikolai Vatutin, Kurt Student, Han Xin, Otto Carius, and Bai Qi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1320, Bertrand du Guesclin ranks 4Before him are Toghon Temür, Valdemar IV of Denmark, and Peter I of Portugal. After him are Vukašin of Serbia, John Hawkwood, Blanche of Namur, Cápac Yupanqui, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Galeazzo II Visconti, Ragibagh Khan, and Helvig of Schleswig. Among people deceased in 1380, Bertrand du Guesclin ranks 3Before him are Charles V of France and Catherine of Siena. After him are Haakon VI of Norway, Mamai, Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Inca Roca, Emperor Kōmyō, Manuel Kantakouzenos, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, and Theodoric of Prague.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bertrand du Guesclin ranks 618 out of 6,011Before him are Francis Picabia (1879), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), France Gall (1947), Michel Legrand (1932), and Peter Waldo (1140). After him are Paul Claudel (1868), Hugh the Great (898), Léonin (1135), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), and Juliette Gréco (1927).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Bertrand du Guesclin ranks 22Before him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Joseph Joffre (1852), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Syagrius (430), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712). After him are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), and Oenomaus (-105).